2025
Three Missing Teeth
The old man stared at the tools hanging on the rough-planked wall of his workshop....
Popeye Is Dying
All four of my grandparents wrapped me in love as I grew from a skinny...
Last Breath
In 2014, my wife and I boarded a plane and flew to London, England, to...
My Favorite Word
The Words We Choose Did you know the average English-speaking adult wields a vocabulary of...
Loss and Consequences
Throughout our lives, each of us encounters loss. Sometimes it’s a fleeting setback; other times...
Talent Show
The Chesapeake's Got Talent: Finding the Spark That Never Fades Life at The Chesapeake —...
Trippin’ With a Friend
Recently, my wife and I needed to make a trip to a small town about...
My Favorite Photograph
There is a photograph I hold almost like a charm—one that outshines even my wife’s...
Work or Play? Reflections on a Life Well Spent
Mark Twain once mused that he “never did a day’s work in all [his] life.”...
My Loaf of Bread
In the quiet hours of night, when the world softens and the mind drifts inward,...